Question about earlobe color?

[BlueBaby]

I just bought a NN Aloha cockerel on Easter, and he has yellow earlobe's. Is this normal looking or not?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you mean normal for the color or just in general? I have hens that have ears that color, but I don't have alohas so I don't know about that

 

[CurlyQuail]

I’ve only ever seen naked necks with red earlobes but I’m far from an expert on nn’s. Any possibility he could be crossed with something else?

 

[BlueBaby]

Do you mean normal for the color or just in general? I have hens that have ears that color, but I don't have alohas so I don't know about that

I've just never seen yellow earlobe's before on a chicken, so I was just curious.

 

[BlueBaby]

I’ve only ever seen naked necks with red earlobes but I’m far from an expert on nn’s. Any possibility he could be crossed with something else?

Maybe, but what breed could it have come from?

 

[CurlyQuail]

Maybe, but what breed could it have come from?

My white leghorn rooster has yellow earlobes. The ear color usually goes with the egg color so I’d imagine any breed that lays lighter colored eggs is a possibility

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I've just never seen yellow earlobe's before on a chicken, so I was just curious.

Oh, yeah I think buff Orpingtons are notorious for it if they're hatchery quality. My pheonixes occassonally have them, same with my spitzhaubens. Not sure if any breeds are supposed to have then, but they do

 

[BlueBaby]

Oh, yeah I think buff Orpingtons are notorious for it if they're hatchery quality. My pheonixes occassonally have them, same with my spitzhaubens. Not sure if any breeds are supposed to have then, but they do

I guess as long as it's not something that shouldn't have happened I'm glad, because he's pretty otherwise. The yellow just threw me off.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I guess as long as it's not something that shouldn't have happened I'm glad, because he's pretty otherwise. The yellow just threw me off.

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He should be fine ☺

 

[Amer]

Yellow earlobes are what happens when a white-earlobed chicken eats a diet with yellow corn. It’s harmless, and not unusual.